Portable apparatus for use in playing clock-golf.



J. H. MATTHEWS. PORTABLE APPARATUS FOR USE IN PLAYING CLOCK GOLF.

APPLICATION FILED JULYQ. 1909.

Patented M1228, 1910.. v

PORTABLE APPARATUS FOR USE IN PLAYING CLOCK-GOLF.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed July 9, 1909.

Patented Mar. 8, 1910.

Serial No. 506,810.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN HENRY MAT- rn'nws, a subject of the King ofGreat Britain, residing at Hedgerley Rectory, Gerrards Cross, in thecounty of Buckingham, England, inventor, have invented certain new anduseful Improvements in Portable Apparatus for Use in Playing Clock-Golf,of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to apparatus employed in playing, and theinvention has for object to provide adjuncts to or portions of saidapparatus of such construction and so inter-related that when dismantledfor car riage, stowage or any other purpose the apparatus may becompactly arranged to assume a readily portable form.

In apparatus of the type referred to the principal parts comprise aliner for the putting hole in the center of which is inserted a staficarrying the usual red or other colored flag for the purpose of locatingthe putting hole, and a clock circle marked out around said putting holein any suitable manner and divided into twelve or twenty-four equalparts by means of figure points consisting of plates or disks of metalor other suitable material figured from 1 to 12 or 1 to 24 as the casemay be, said disks being provided with a central aperture through whichpegs may be inserted in the ground for the purpose of maintaining saiddisks in their correct relative positions circumferentially of saidclock circle. The putting as is well understood takes place from anyfigure point into the hole which may be located centrally of or at anyother desired point within said clock circle.

According to the present invention the main adjuncts, i. c. the liner,the staff and said figure points are so constructed and inter-relatedthat they may be adapted to form a receptacle for the minor adjuncts i.e. the pegs, flag, ball, tape, and any other parts, and said mainadjuncts may be so assembled when the apparatus is not in use that theapparatus may be compactly arranged in a readily portable form.

The accompanying drawings illustrate one form of the invention.

Figure 1 is a sectional elevation of part of the apparatus set up on theputting green or field of play. Fig. 2 is an elevation of the apparatuspacked for stowage or transport. Fig. 3 is a plan view. of one of thefigure points.

The liner for the putting hole com- .prises a hollow metal vessel or ofsuitable shape, its upper end being open. In the constructionillustrated, said vessel has the form of an inverted truncated cone,although that particular shape is not essential. Means is provided forclosing the lower end of the liner, such means being constituted by'amember 6. This closure is shown, in the present instance, as formedintegral with the liner, and as having a frusto-conical shape. It isalso shown as provided with an aperture through which stafl c is passed,said aperture being located at the apex of the member in question. Whilethis construction is preferred, li1nitation thereto is not intended,since it is es sential only that a closure of some sort be provided, andthat the staff be engaged in some suitable manner with said closure, so

as to be supported or braced thereby. To

further support or brace the stafi, it may, if desired, be provided witha shield (Z, which, if employed, will rest against the closure andconform more or less to the shape thereof.

Staff 0 is composed of upper and lower sections, the latter of which isengaged with the closure Z) as above described, and carries the shieldat when the same is employed. Said lower section is hollow, and receivesthe lower end of the upper section, as shown. The height of the lowersection is such that it projects above the upper edge of the liner.Adjacent its upper end it is pierced by an aperture 6. The upper sectioncarries the flag and is provided with a lateral projection or flangewhich is designed to rest upon the upper end of the lower section,thereby limiting the extent to which the former section can be insertedin the latter. The figure points 9 are preferably in the form of flatmetal plates or disks, as originally stated, which are appropriatelynumbered or otherwise marked, and when in use are designed to bepeggedin their proper positions upon the putting green, to which endthey are centrally apertured, (see Fig. 3). These plates or disks haveapproximately the same diameter as the upper end of the liner.

When it is desired to pack the apparatus for stowage, transport, or forany other purpose, the liner a is withdrawn from the putting hole, andthe upper stafi section then removed from the lower section and Cit 'liner.

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placed within the receptacle formed by the liner, wherein it is retainedby the closure Z). The figure point plates or disks 9 are then taken up,together with their pegs or other fastening devices, (not shown), saiddevices being likewise placed within the The plates or disks themselvesare then arranged in superposed position upon the upper edge of theliner, as shown in Fig. 2, with the upper end of the lower staff sectionprojecting through their registering central apertures. Finally, asuitable pin 7' is passed through the aperture 0, thereby holding theplates or disks firmly in place. The particular fastening means shown, 2c., the pin 7, is not essential, since it may be replaced by anyequivalent or analogous de- It is preferable, however, that the meansemployed bear against the uppermost plate or disk.

Where, as in the construction shown, the closure Z) is frusto-conical,and the lower staff section is provided with a similarlyshaped shield(Z, said staff section may be detached from the liner, after the uppersection has been removed, and passed upwardly through the aperture inthe closure, so as to dispose the shield against the under face of saidclosure, as shown in Fig. If tapes, or similar devices, be employed informing the clock circle, they may also be placed within the liner.Illustration of these devices is omitted, however, for the reason thatthey do not of necessity form part of the invention.

In this manner a readily portable and compact apparatus is providedwhereby the danger of the loss of parts when out of use obviated andwhereby the apparatus may with great facility be stowed a 'ay or becarried from place to place if desired.

lVhat I claim is Y 1. Apparatus for playing clock golf comprising, incombination, a liner; a closure for one end thereof; a vertical staffengaged with said closure; a series of figure points adapted forsuperposition upon one end of said liner when not in use; and means forretaining said figure points in such position.

2. Apparatus for playing clock golf comprising, in combination, a liner;a closure for one end thereof; a vertical staff engaged with saidclosure; a series of figure points adapted for superposition upon oneend of said liner, said figure points having apertures through whichsaid staff is arranged to pass; and means for retaining said fig urepoints in such position.

3. Apparatus for playing clock golf comprising, in combination, a liner;a closure for one end thereof; a vertical staff engaged wit-h saidclosure; a series of figure points adapted for superposition upon oneend of said liner, said figure points having apertures through whichsaid stafl is arranged to pass; and means for retaining said figurepoints in such position engaged with said staff and arranged to bearagainst the uppermost figure point.

4. Apparatus for playing clock golf comprising, in combination, a.liner; a closure for the lower end thereof; a vertical stafl' comprisinga pair of detachably-connected sections, the lower of which is engagedwith said closure; a series of figure points adapted for superpositionupon the upper end of said liner when not in use; and means associatedwith said lower staff section for retaining said figure points in suchposition, the space within the liner between said closure and saidfigure points constituting a closed receptacle for the upper staffsection when the same has been detached from the lower section.

Apparatus for playing clock golf co1nprising, in combination, a liner; aclosure for the lower end thereof; a vertical staff comprising a pair ofdetaehably-connected sections, the lower of which is engaged with saidclosure; a series of figure points adapted for superposition upon theupper end of said liner, when not in use, and when the upper staffsection has been detached from the lower staff section said figurepoints having apertures therein through which the upper end of saidlower staff section is arranged to pass at such time; and meansassociated with the lower staff section for retaining said figure pointsin such position, the space within the liner between said closure andsaid figure points constituting a closed receptacle for said detachedupper staff section.

6. A portable apparatus for playing clock golf comprising, incombination, a liner; a staff mounted therein; a series of figurepoints; and means for attaching said figure points to said liner inpiled condition when not in use.

7. A portable apparatus for playing clock golf comprising, incombination, a liner; a staff mounted therein; means for bracing thestaff; a series of figure points adapted for superposition upon theliner and for en agement with said staff when not in use; and meansassociated with said staff for retaining said figure points in suchposition.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in presence of twosubscribing witnesses.

JOHN HENRY M ATTT-l FAVS.

lv'itnesses DAnor Ruin. \V. CLARK, JOHN Coons Horn.

